The always-inspiring
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If there's one thing I hate about the digital age, it's that I end up feeling so personally dependent on technology that I really don't understand. I'm fairly adept at using a computer to send and gather information, yes, but the inner workings of the box are a complete mystery to me, and the way my box links up with all the other boxes is equally ( Read more... )

Social media sites tend to be somewhat cross-pollinated, depending on the interests of the people involved. As many of my friends on LJ are also my friends on Facebook, it probably won't surprise any of you to know that many of my other friends on Facebook are friends from yet another social media site, a now-defunct book-based web community. And ( Read more... )

For once, I'm making up a meme. That probably guarantees I'll be not only the first, but the ONLY person ever to write on it.

*Pick the size of your tournament. It should be an exponent of two--2, 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64. But the bigger your tournament is, the more you'll have to write about the songs in it.
*Open "shuffle" on your media player.
*List the ( Read more... )

I feel bad for the Heels, and especially for Tyler Zeller, whose excellent first half will likely be forgotten in light of the final moments of the game. It's got to be awful to finish your last home game against your arch-rival by accidentally knocking in an opponent's shot, then missing a crucial free throw, and then having the opponent's game- ( Read more... )

Oh, yes. It is indeed That Time of Year.


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Yeah, I just got a BUNCHA CD's.

OLD SCHOOL, biotches!

Okay, the American Aquarium discs (Dances for the Lonely and Small Town Hymns) are actually fairly new, but I got them AT THE SHOW FROM THE LEAD SINGER.

Because THAT IS HOW I ROLL.

But Earth Wind & Fire's Spirit, the Soft Boys' A Can of Bees, and Kirsty MacColl's Tropical Brainstorm are HERE IN MY ( Read more... )

spuffyduds and I went to see the Carolina Chocolate Drops on Tuesday, and since she hasn't gotten around to posting about it, I should note that:

1) Last year's show was one of the group's first performances with Hubby Jenkins, who replaced original Drop Justin Robinson after the latter went back to college. Dom Flemons and Rhiannon Giddens still hadn't had ( Read more... )

Yeah, it's been months since I've posted here. And nearly a year since I've posted with any regularity. I've spent that year doing quite a bit--many things have been written and edited and directed, and spuffyduds and I have packed up and moved our second offspring off to College Town, and I have traveled much and seen hundreds of bird species to boot. But ( Read more... )

I was going to post a big newsy thing about what I've been up to for the last few months and maybe talk about all the new music and movies and books and comics I've come across.

But then I got hold of A Dance with Dragons, and...

So. Anyway. See you in, um, a while.